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Ms. B.'s classroom raised $380

Nana I Ke Kumu (Look to the Source)

My students need 5 digital audio recorders, a reference deck for Hawaii, a guide to oral history, and 2 books on the background of Waianae.

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Ms. B.
Grades 3-5

My Students

The greatest investment to learn happens when students generate the ideas for their own learning. This project grew out of my students' interest in defining their own community.

My students live in a community in Hawaii that has an undeserved negative reputation.

Whenever I am outside of the community and tell people where I teach, they respond with negative stereotypes. My students face this too, to a much more pronounced degree. As they get older, some students begin to internalize the negative stereotypes and prevent themselves from reaching their full potential. I want to make sure my students know that their community is a positive place to live.

My Project

When my students expressed interest in learning more about their community, I began to seek out books on its history. Few resources exist. I need resources to help my students talk to their kupuna and create an oral history of their community through storytelling. I am requesting 5 digital audio recorders, 2 books on the history of Waianae, and a reference set for Hawaii. These resources will allow the students to learn Waianae history through their kupuna.

When children are faced with negative images of who they are, they often begin to believe and internalize those images.

It is important that my students understand that their community has many positive aspects and that where they come from does not define who they will be.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

40 students impacted 9 donors
Ms. B. Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

40 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Waianae: Where I Live Julie Williams • Barnes and Noble $2.82 1 $2.82
O Wai'Anae: Ko'u Wahi Noho Julie Williams • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08
Oral History: An Introduction for Students James Hoopes • Barnes and Noble $16.03 1 $16.03
Hawaii: Boxed Reference Deck: He I Noa Ghigo Press • Barnes and Noble $13.63 1 $13.63
PHOTO/COMMODITIES OFFICE ELECTRONICS VOICE RECORDERS 9218116 • Best Buy $45.99 5 $229.95

Materials cost

$267.51

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $11.77

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$330.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.35

Total project goal

$379.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $379.64

8 Donors

-$375.91

Donations toward project cost

-$330.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.62

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.73

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 $0.00

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